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. 1998 Jul 21;95(15):9031–9036. doi: 10.1073/pnas.95.15.9031

Table 1.

Amphibian deaths and morbidity associated with chytridiomycosis

Species Location Date of death No. with chytridiomycosis/ no. examined
Taudactylus acutirostris Big Tableland, Australia, 15°42′S, 145°16′E, and November 1993–January 1994  2/2
Captive Townsville, Australia October 1993  5/7*
Litoria rheocola Big Tableland, Australia, 15°42′S, 145°16′E October–November 1993  1/2*
Litoria nannotis Big Tableland, Australia, 15°42′S, 145°16′E October–November 1993  2/4*
Taudactylus eungellensis Eungella National Park, 21°04′S, 148°38′E October 1995  1/1
Litoria lesueuri Mary River, Australia, 26°37′S, 152°41′E May–June 1996  5/5
Limnodynastes dumerilii Goomburra, Australia, 27°58′S, 152°20′E December 1996  1/1
Litoria caerulea Brisbane, Australia, 27°38′S, 152°23′E, July–September 1996  7/8
Casino, Australia, 28°50′S, 153°02′E; and July 1996  3/4
Brisbane, Australia, 27°37′S, 152°38′E June–July 1997  5/5
Limno dynastes tasmaniensis Adelaide, Australia, 34°46′S, 138°32′E May–June 1996  4/4
Mixophyes fleayi Cunningham’s Gap, Australia, 28°03′S, 152°22′E August–October 1996  4/5
Bufo marinus Captive Geelong, Australia June–August 1996 18/18
Mixophyes fasciolatus Captive Melbourne, Australia December 1996–February 1997 35/35
Litoria spenceri Central Highlands, Australia, 37°22′S, 146°02′E February 1998  4/4
Atelopus chiriquiensis Captive, Cerro Pando, Panama February 1994  4/5
Atelopus varius Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W January 1997  3/3
Bufo haematiticus Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W January 1997  2/2
Cochranella prosoblepon Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W January 1997  2/2
Cochranella albomaculata Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W January 1997  2/2
Eleutherodactylus emcelae Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W January 1997  8/8
Eleutherodactylus cruentus Fortuna, Panama, 8°43′N, 82°14′W January 1997  2/2
*

Histological examination of the skin was limited to the dorsum.